Correspondence
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Petlin, Irving, 1934-2018
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- Irving Petlin papers
- Extent
- 0.25 Linear feet (Box 1)
- Date
- 1968-2002
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.peltirvi, Series 1
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Irving Petlin papers, 1952-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents
- Correspondence is arranged alphabetically and includes letters to and from other artists and collaborators, and galleries, including Dore Ashton, Yoko Ono, Gerson Cohen of the Jewish Theologian Society, James Speyer, Gallerie Du Dragon and various galleries in America, Israel, Italy, and France; and friends including Clayton Eshleman, Leon Golub, Peter Saul, Peter Selz, Gilbert Lloyd, Paul Cummings, Rolf Nelson, R. B. Kitaj, Franz Schulz, and Red Grooms; and postcards to and from family while Petlin was abroad. The bulk of the correspondence dates form the 1970s and 1980s and discusses Petlin's works, exhibitions, and publications related to Petlin. Some letters are written in Italian and French.
- Collection Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
- Record ID
- ebl-1630695619607-1630695619621-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0